Lockney chamber coordinating garage sales on Saturday

Published 1:00 pm, Tuesday, August 2, 2011

LOCKNEY - Aware of the stress that the economy and dry weather is having on the area, the Lockney Chamber of Commerce is launching its own homegrown economic stimulus package.

The package is a citywide garage sale next Saturday.

Not something the town has done in recent memory, or maybe ever some observers say, the garage sale is not expected to be of major economic benefit for the chamber itself. The event does, however, have some real potential for helping city homeowners turn items into cash and could have even more spin-off potential for merchants, according to Kay Martin of the Lockney Chamber.

"As much as anything it is a goodwill gesture, and designed to help the economy of area," Martin explained. "The chamber will do most of advertising, then give a long list of the people participating - the ones who want their name out there - to potential buyers early the morning of Aug. 6."

To make it easy for out-of-towners, those lists can be picked up free beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Lowe's Grocery on Main Street. Maps and directions on how to find garage sale participants are planned.

Not only will this give Lockney homeowners an excuse to pull items out on their driveways or lawns across town and put them up for sale, it may well put some extra cash in the coffers of businesses, too.

Martin said it's always the case that the more people streaming into Lockney for such an event, the more chances there are for these out-of-towners to trade with local restaurants and merchants on that day.

The chamber is anxiously anticipating the 7:30 a.m. start time. At that moment, out-of-towners can head out around town and start shopping.

Anyone needing further information can call J&K Insurance in Lockney at 652-3386.